After his goal v Milan, Thiago's tough message against Luis Enrique for leaving him out of the World Cup

Liverpool showed no mercy over Milan in their friendly in Dubai and beat them 4-1. One of the most outstanding players was Thiago who scored a great goal in the first half to make the score 2-0. In the goal, the midfielder showed all his quality, which was not taken advantage of by Luis Enrique who left him out of the World Cup where Spain made a fool of themselves and were eliminated by Morocco.

The Liverpool player was at the last European Championship, but, for various reasons, was losing ground in Luis Enrique's considerations. Thiago Alcántara, 31 years old, Liverpool player who also excelled in LaLiga (Barcelona) and in the Bundesliga (Bayern Munich). More than 30 titles in his career (two Champions League). Enormous technical qualities, mixed with tactical and strategic knowledge, plus a wealth of experience that could be envied on the footballing planet. With this stellar CV, the midfielder should be a permanent fixture in Spain's squad for the World Cup in Qatar. However, Luis Enrique did not call him up. The Asturian chose other names.

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Why didn't Thiago Alcantara play for Spain at the Qatar 2022 World Cup? To fill midfield positions, Luis Enrique chose seven names over Thiago: Sergio Busquets, Rodri Hernandez, Pablo Gavi, Carlos Soler, Marcos Llorente, Pedri Gonzalez and Koke Resurreccion. The reason is footballing, without further ado, ruling out rumours. Nor is it a surprise. The Liverpool player was losing his place after Euro 2021. In fact, his last game for La Roja was in the semi-final of that continental competition, against Italy, on 6 July 2021. Since that day, he has not played for the national team.

After having failed at the World Cup in Qatar 2022. Now it was the turn of Luis Enrique, who was sacked from Spain after being eliminated from the World Cup, losing to Morocco. The Catalan coach left his future up in the air after the elimination against Morocco and even said there would be talk afterwards about what might happen. Now it is official that he is out of the Spain squad.

Thiago would have helped Spain

Injuries, which marked his career so much, and the growth of other stars ended up being fundamental to Luis Enrique's decision not to call him up. Thiago has made 46 appearances (2 goals) for Spain, the breakdown of which? There were 17 friendlies, 10 in World Cup Qualifying, 6 in EURO Qualifying, 6 at the Euros, 5 in the UEFA Nations League and 2 in a World Cup. His debut: 10 August 2011, a friendly against Italy, which ended in a 2-1 defeat.